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Structure of Plant Cell Walls ¹

XII. Identification of Seven Differently Linked Glycosyl Residues Attached to O-4 of the 2,4-Linked L-Rhamnosyl Residues of Rhamnogalacturonan I

Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309

Seven differently linked glycosyl residues have been found to be glycosidically linked to O-4 of the branched 2,4-linked L-rhamnosyl residues contained in the rhamnosyl and galacturonosyl backbone of the cell wall pectic polysaccharide rhamnogalacturonan I. These seven glycosyl residues are, therefore, the first residues of at least seven different side chains attached to the rhamnogalacturonan backbone. These first side chain glycosyl residues are 5-linked L-arabinofuranosyl and terminal 3-, 4-, 6-, 2,6-, and 3,6-linked D-galactopyranosyl residues. The existence of at least seven different side chains in rhamnogalacturonan I indicates that rhamnogalacturonan I is either an exceedingly complex polysaccharide or that rhamnogalacturonan I is a family of polysaccharides with similar or identical rhamnogalacturonan backbones substituted with different side chains.

¹ Supported by the Department of Energy (EY-76-S-02-1426).

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